Anyone know any good Drs in Portland area?

[dirtygirl1]

Hi there!

First of all ... a little about me. I am a 30 yr old woman who has been cycling for 5 years now (wow, time flies!). I have been competeing for 3 of those 5 years; in both long and short (olympic distance) races. I've been racing pro in Canada for the past 2 years.

I have recently relocated to the USA and have loads of cycling related questions!! This is one of my non-cycling questions: I am searching for a good doctor in my area. I was lucky to have found a fantastic doctor when I lived in Ottawa -- she was a triathlete so understood the competative riding life-style and the impacts it could have.

Does anyone on this forum live in the Portland area? if yes, do you have a good Doctor? How does one go about finding good doctors down here? Back home it is just word of mouth ...

Thanks,

Dirtygirl.

[Grog]

Welcome to TE, DirtyGirl, and welcome to the Pacific NorthWest.

I'm in Vancouver, so no idea about doctors in Portland, but I assume it's word of mouth as well. Maybe your coach/team members/fellow cyclists in Portland could help? Of course some TE women will come with recommendations I am sure.

[Brandi]

Welcome from me too!I believe suzieqtwa lives in portland you could pm her and see and so does Dianyla, they are both members here. Good luck. I have a client up there if I talk to her I will ask for you too.

[Dianyla]

Are you looking for allopathic (traditional western MD) or naturopathic/alternative? Also, are you looking mainly for a primary care physician who is understand, or a specific sports medicine/orthopaedist? What part of the metro area?

Many of the traditional docs I've met here are quite active; cycling, running, and triathlons seem to be a very common hobby for MDs here in Portland. My own doctor is not a cyclist herself, but she referred me to a local PT clinic in my neighborhood and I had at least one sport in common with virtually all of the therapists that worked there.

Two standout recommendations that I can make are:

A good holistic clinic for sports medicine is the Back in Motion (http://www.bimsportsinjuries.com/) practice. They are mainly chiropractic/naturopathic.

For women's health, Portland is home to the clinic founded and run by Dr. Tori Hudson herself, A Woman's Time (http://awomanstime.citysearch.com/).

[dirtygirl1]

Thank you for the responses.

Given the nature of our sport I will eventually have to seek out a PT ... and a masseuse (ART) ... and a chiropractor!

For now I was looking for a traditional doctor but the Womens Health site looks very interesting as well.

Thanks again~ :D

[suzieqtwa]

Hey Dirty girl
I've lived here for about 15 years ,and I have lots of names of Doctors. The traditional doctor I'm seeing now is in her 30s ,and is a competitive cycler. I found the Portland Clinic is a great place because they have every kind of doctor you would want to see in the same building. They have 3 in the Portland area. I also have a name of a chiropractor who is also a tri athlete . He is around the downtown area. I live in Beaverton (do you know where that is)? pm me if you need names ,and numbers.
Suzie

[donnambr]

Clearwater Chiropractic (http://portland.citysearch.com/profile/8460438/) in downtown Portland has a "sports medicine" focus. A great many of their patients are runners, triathletes, etc. My housemate is a massage therapist and chiropractic assistant there, and she is a cyclist and runner herself.